Re: billing system
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 52789
interpreted = N
texte = Rob Marquardt wrote: > on 9/11/2003 12:53 am, Jesse Williams-Proudman at j.list@blueboxdev.com so > noted... > > >>[math date]{01/30/2003}+{01/00/0000}[/math] will add 1 month and give you >>the correct day. > > > Except that gives 03/02/2003, which doesn't sound like it'd be what they > want. > The answer is to always start the subscription on the closest 1st day of the month. So if they signed up Jan 30, their next bill would be Mar 1. If they signed up Feb 5, it would also be Mar 1. If you assume that the user is going to be a long term member, you might even give them the extra days free (i.e. always create them as starting on the first of the next month, instead of the closest). John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4501 Forbes Boulevard Suite H Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5748 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Rob Marquardt wrote: > on 9/11/2003 12:53 am, Jesse Williams-Proudman at j.list@blueboxdev.com so > noted... > > >>[math date]{01/30/2003}+{01/00/0000}[/math] will add 1 month and give you >>the correct day. > > > Except that gives 03/02/2003, which doesn't sound like it'd be what they > want. > The answer is to always start the subscription on the closest 1st day of the month. So if they signed up Jan 30, their next bill would be Mar 1. If they signed up Feb 5, it would also be Mar 1. If you assume that the user is going to be a long term member, you might even give them the extra days free (i.e. always create them as starting on the first of the next month, instead of the closest). John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4501 Forbes Boulevard Suite H Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5748 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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